Architecture New Zealand, March 2026
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A tribute to Pip Cheshire: Chris Barton
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Chris Barton, Editor of Architecture NZ pays tribute to his friend and colleague.
Politics of place in an election year
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Karamia Müller considers how in an election year, it’s easy to retreat into polarising binaries — left versus right, protest versus order, local versus global — yet our spatial lives and architectural issues defy such tidy polarities.
Across the Board
A tribute to Pip Cheshire Pete Bossley
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Pete Bossley, Director of Bossley Architects pays tribute to his friend and colleague.
A tribute to Pip Cheshire: Andrew Barrie
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Andrew Barrie, Professor of Design at the University of Auckland’s School of Architecture and Planning, pays tribute to his friend and colleague.
A tribute to Pip Cheshire: Christina van Bohemen
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Christina van Bohemen Distinguished Fellow and Past President, Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects, pays tribute to her friend.
A tribute to Pip Cheshire: Daijang Tai and Surita Manoa
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Daijang Tai, Director of Cheshire Architects, and Surita Manoa, Designer, Cheshire Architects, pay tribute to their friend and colleague.
A tribute to Pip Cheshire: Malcolm Walker
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Malcolm Walker pay tribute to his friend and colleague.
A tribute to Pip Cheshire: Peter Cooper
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Peter Cooper, founder and Executive Chairman of Cooper and Company, pay tribute to his friend and colleague.
Colour Collab: Mike Hartley
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In this instalment of the Colour Collab series brought to you by Resene, Lloyd Hartley co-founder and director Mike Hartley discusses his architecture, interiors and project management practice.
The enduring presence: Choice Plaza (Orient Towers)
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Michelle Wang steps inside one of central Auckland’s most unusual towers, the Ron Sang-designed Choice Plaza.
A Day in the Life
Designing out waste: Designing out the skip bin
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In our second sustainability thought piece from Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects, Rachel MacIntyre looks at why architects are uniquely suited to prevent waste through design.
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Design + realisation
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In the latest instalment of Practice in Profile, supported by Resene, Belinda Tuohy discusses the formation and continuity of architecture+ and its founding values.
Work
Student rooming
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Jon Rennie investigates UniLodge Auckland Central by Ashton Mitchell and the evolving ethos, scale, location and social architecture of university student housing and the lifestyle it engenders.
Unveiling the accretions of time
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Joanna Theodore examines the meticulous peeling back of layers and reconstruction by Architectus in its careful refurbishment of Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland’s Old Choral Hall.
Crit
Book: Health design in New Zealand
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Dorita Hannah discusses the book Health design in New Zealand by Chris Thom which tackles the specific typological development while opening up the classification beyond hospital architecture.